Monday, August 24, 2009

CAM: Samsung SMX-F34 (red)






Product summary


The good: Comfortable, compact design; 34x zoom lens; 16GB internal memory; good audio quality; relatively easy to operate.


The bad: Slow autofocus performance; long zoom lens lacks optical image stabilization.


The bottom line: The Samsung SMX-F34 is a serviceable inexpensive standard-definition camcorder, but the money goes more to storage and the megazoom lens than to video quality.


Specifications: Video input type: Camcorder ; Optical sensor type: CCD ; Optical zoom: 34 x ; See full specs



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CNET editors' review



  • Reviewed on: 08/25/2009

Aside from design, what separates pocket minicamcorders like the Flip from camcorders like the Samsung SMX-F34 is not video quality, but optical zoom and storage capacity. The F34 features 16GB of internal memory as well as an SDHC card slot for storage expansion. It also has a 34x zoom lens and a feature set that includes manual shooting controls, which you definitely won't find on ultracompact YouTube camcorders. Unfortunately, the video quality really isn't any different; the F34 delivers pretty standard, standard-definition video.


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